Holden Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,177 people in Holden Hill of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Holden Hill was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.7% of the population.

Of people in Holden Hill aged 15 years and over, 40.2% were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Holden Hill was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Holden Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Holden Hill was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Holden Hill 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.0% were in primary school, 15.5% in secondary school and 25.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Holden Hill were English 26.0%, Australian 22.8%, Italian 7.2%, German 5.5% and Irish 5.4%.

In Holden Hill, 66.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.4%, India 3.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.3%, Italy 1.9% and Germany 1.7%.

In Holden Hill, 47.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 41.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Holden Hill were No Religion 26.3%, Catholic 23.8%, Anglican 8.7%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Islam 4.9%.

In Holden Hill 71.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.9%, Mandarin 1.7%, Arabic 1.6%, Greek 1.4% and German 1.3%.

Employment

There were 1,553 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Holden Hill. Of these 56.7% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Holden Hill, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Holden Hill was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Holden Hill included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Labourers 15.5%, Professionals 15.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.6%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.6% and Managers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Holden Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Residential Care Services 4.1%, School Education 3.8%, Hospitals 3.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Holden Hill was $473.

In Holden Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.3%, Bus 9.8%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Bus, car as driver 1.9% and Walked only 1.4%. On the day, 12.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Holden Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.9% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.9% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Holden Hill, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Holden Hill, 34.3% were couple families with children, 38.5% were couple families without children and 25.8% were one parent families.

In Holden Hill 15.2% of single parents were male and 84.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Holden Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,846 and those without children was $1,874.

Employment status of couple families

In Holden Hill, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 20.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Holden Hill, 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Holden Hill, 84.8% were separate houses, 9.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Holden Hill, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 23.5% had 2 bedrooms and 61.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Holden Hill, 29.7% were owned outright, 30.9% were owned with a mortgage and 36.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Holden Hill, of all households, 64.8% were family households, 30.7% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Holden Hill, 32.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Holden Hill, 43.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Holden Hill, there were 75 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 38 (or 50.7%) were male and 37 (or 49.3%) were female. The median age was 23 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Holden Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Holden Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,123.